Prof. Fassy Yusuf at 70…The travails, triumphs of a multiple career professional

My mother, who is still alive, is from Itsekiri, Deghele Island in the Benin River, about 50 nautical miles from Warri in Delta State. My father was a jeweler and businessman in Warri, where he spent over 55 years. He married my mother when she was about 15 years old.